Andrew Benson
BBC F1 correspondent in Miami

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Lando Norris took McLaren's first victory of the season with a dominant drive from pole position in the Miami Grand Prix sprint race.

The world champion was untroubled as he converted pole into a lead at the first corner and controlled the race from there.

Norris led a McLaren one-two ahead of Oscar Piastri, who fell back from Norris as the race developed and was forced to hold off Ferrari's Charles Leclerc in the closing laps.

Kimi Antonelli won a scrap with Mercedes team-mate George Russell for fourth on track, but was penalised for exceeding track limits too many times and given a five-second penalty.

That dropped him behind Russell and Red Bull's Max Verstappen, who had earlier emerged on top after a tense battle with Lewis Hamilton's Ferrari.

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McLaren have landed the first punch of the Miami weekend with a one-two finish in the second sprint of the 2026 season. The upgrades seem to be working well and world champion Lando Norris is back on the top step of the podium.

Who will be their main challengers for pole position later on? Mercedes look a little bit out of sorts following the impromptu break, however, Kimi Antonelli still put his car P2 in sprint qualifying yesterday. Ferrari, who are also carrying significant updates, will want to improve before lights out tomorrow, and Max Verstappen seemed happier with his upgraded Red Bull.

We'll park the bus here for now, so go and grab yourselves a break and then come back and join us for qualifying build-up at 20:30 BST.

Q1 gets under way at 21:00.

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Those two places lost at the end of the sprint because of that time penalty has cost Kimi Antonelli points in the drivers' championship. The Italian is still ahead of Mercedes team-mate George Russell, but not the gap is seven points now instead of nine.

1. Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) - 75pts

2. George Russell (Mercedes) - 68

3. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) - 55

4. Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) - 43

5. Lando Norris (McLaren) - 33

6. Oscar Piastri (McLaren) - 28

7. Oliver Bearman (Haas) - 17

8. Pierre Gasly (Alpine) - 16

9. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) - 16

10. Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls) - 10

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George Russell after finishing fourth: "Not much happier. I struggle on this track, it's very low grip. The car is sliding, I'm two places forward but not much happier. The improvements from Ferrari, McLaren and Red Bull are daunting."

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Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli on his race starts: "We have been doing work over the break and on my side, for once, I did everything right with the procedures so we need to check what happened. The grip was very low, probably lower than we expected.

"After that I was frustrated, I didn't even drive well, I made a lot of mistakes, I got track limits, which is something I need to avoid. This weekend has been more difficult, but it was expected with everyone bringing big upgrades. We have just got to maximise the results, now we focus on the qualifying."

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Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, who finishes third in the sprint race: "The upgrades worked well, so thanks to the team for their massive work. I am satisfied with that, I am not satisfied with P3. But McLaren have done a big step forward.

"Hopefully we can start higher on Sunday and make our life a bit easier."

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McLaren's Oscar Piastri, who finishes the sprint in second place: "It took a little bit to stay with Lando but overall a good day, well good morning.

"We'll see what we can do in the qualifying, everyone would've learned a lot but so have we, so we'll see."

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McLaren's Lando Norris, who wins the sprint from pole position: "It was a good race, nice to be back on the top step, even if it is the sprint. It was a good day for us, massive job to the team in bringing the upgrades. It feels like everyone is saying the same thing, but ours have really helped this weekend. Happy to get it done for the team.

"It was hot out there, it was sweaty but I was still pushing, trying to find that balance, but also being quite relaxed and not making mistakes so a good start to the weekend and we have to do it all over again."

On whether the car will need adjustments for qualifying: "Probably not too many. It's worked so far. We will change a couple of things. There are a couple of things I want to be different from yesterday that we will adjust. So hopefully we have a bit more to come, but I'm sure the others will too. We will keep our head down and keep pushing."

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1. Lando Norris (McLaren) - 8pts

2. Oscar Piastri (McLaren) - 7

3. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) - 6

4. George Russell (Mercedes) - 5

5. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) - 4

6. Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) - 3

7. Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) - 2

8. Pierre Gasly (Alpine) - 1

Engineer: "Nice job Oscar, we're really happy with that, good job."

Piastri: "Great job guys. Nice to see the pace was pretty good, obviously a couple of things to work on, thank you, let's go again this afternoon."

Jennie Gow
F1 pit-lane reporter in Miami

Lando is just stood on the top of his car, he got weighed then came over to celebrate with his team. It's not a pumping celebration, the events of today and the death of Alex Zanardi has led it to be slightly subdued. You can't blame them, he was such an icon of racing and the drivers do get affected.

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"Great job, let's do it all over again"

With Kimi Antonelli picking up a five-second time penalty, that means Mercedes team-mate George Russell is now fourth and Red Bull's Max Verstappen is fifth.

Lewis Hamilton finishes the Miami sprint in seventh and Pierre Gasly collects another point for Alpine in eighth.

Lando Norris is cruising in the lead and is getting ready to celebrate his fourth career sprint victory.

Esteban Ocon and Oliver Bearman are having a little Haas intra-team scrap for 12th place but Frenchman Ocon is able to swat away any advances to finish ahead of the Briton.

Damon Hill
1996 world champion on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra in Miami

We're wondering now whether this is a change in order because McLaren are looking very comfortable and outpacing Mercedes. We thought Mercedes had so much in hand at the start of the season.

The pressure has eased slightly on Oscar Piastri in that chase with Charles Leclerc, as the Ferrari driver has a little wobble and goes wide on his latest lap. Lando Norris is heading to victory in the other papaya car, with Pierre Gasly on for picking up the final points place in eighth.

It's all gone a bit quiet out on track as the laps tick away in this second sprint of the season. Isack Hadjar has managed to pass the Alpine of Franco Colapinto for ninth place, but the move isn't good enough to pick up points today.

The Ferrari of Charles Leclerc in third isn't too far from Oscar Piastri's McLaren but the Australian is managing to keep the Monegasque driver at bay, while his papaya team-mate and sprint leader Lando Norris clocks another fastest lap.